Scarf or necktie.



D. ESSEX.

SCAHF 0R NECKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, I9I4.

1,170,437, Patented Feb. I, 1916.

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'DAVID ESSEX, OF KEARNEY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB. 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN AMIVIANN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SCAR-F OR NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Application filed September 26, 1914. Serial No. 863,661.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, Devin ESSEX, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Kearney, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scarfs or Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in neck wear, such as scarfs and may also be applied to cloth covered buckles of ladies7 belts, necklace-pendants, and the like.

The present invention pertains to scarfs which are put together in a permanent shape and are usually fastened with a. hook around the collar button. These scarfs are generally worn so as to cover part of the bosom of the shirt. lllhen such scarf of permanent shape is worn its top portion adjoining the neck bands wears out rapidly while the rest of the scarf is in good order. To prevent that the scarf must be thrown away, it is desirable to construct it so that the top part of the silk or other textile material may be renewed by the wearer. Tris is accomplished in the present invention by providing a frame or shell of the desired shape on the top part of the tie upon which a suitably cut piece of new cloth may be laid and pressed down by means of a spring press member of corresponding sh ape. In this manner the top part of the tie is renewed without sewing or stitching or lacing or buttoning by simply pressing a spring member on the cut piece of goods as described. The new piece of goods may be of the same material of which the tie is made, or it may be of goods of a fancy design whereby an ornamental tie is obtained presenting the appearance of a new tie. Cloth covered buckles of ladies belts and certain fancy pendants of necklaces may likewise be recovered and renewed. The spring press member is preferably made of metal sheeting and may be ornamental and of precious metal.

ln order to render the invention entirely clear reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1, represents in front elevation a scarf embodying in desirable form the present improvements. Fig. 2, is a rear view on an enlarged scale of the upper portion of the tie. Fig. 3, is a partial section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a similar view showing a modification. Fig. 5, illustrates another' form of the top part of the tie. Fig. 6, is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing another form of a top part.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

ln the drawing, in Fig. 1, a, Z) represent the soft downward fla-ps or pendants of the tie, c is the top or upper part of the same and d, e are the short, stiff, slightly curved neck bands. The top part is surrounded by a somewhat elastic spring member In this instance the top or upper part c is shown to be heart shaped and accordingly the spring member f likewise is heart shaped. As a securing device for the tie on the collar button a wire spring g is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. This device may be of any approved construction. As shown the wire spring is permanently attached to the short neck band CZ, e.

The top or upper part c of the tie or scarf is the part that wears out rapidly and is renewed. In order to render it possible to renew this part a frame or shell it of light material is provided of any desirable shape. This frame or shell shown in the irst four figures is heart shaped to make the tie ornamental. As materials for this frame it, if solid, as shown in Figs. Q. and 3, light wood, artificial compositions, hard rubber or even prepared cork disks may be used. The frame h has preferably a somewhat curved front portion, as shown in Fig. 3. The inner lower portion o-f the frame 7L may be somewhat reduced for the purpose of securing thereto the soft downward iaps a, Z9 so that the same are flush with its inner surface. In the top central portion of the frame z an opening is provided which is adapted to receive a downward hook portion g1 of the wire spring g.

Assuming that the top or upper part c of the scarf has been worn out then a piece of material from which the tie is made or a piece of fancy goods is cut of approximately the same size and shape of the frame L so that it overlaps the sides of the frame. This piece is placed on the fra-me and the spring member f pushed thereon whereby its angular portion f1 overlaps and secures the now angular portion of the top part c. By this simple operation of pressing the spring member down upon the new top part c the layer is perfectly secured in a second. In Fig. 4 of the drawing a hollow frame or shell z' of metal sheeting is shown in place of the solid frame z, it is somewhat lighter. The wire spring g, being inserted into the central top opening of the frame or shell is kept in permanent position bythe this the top portion of a tie is shown for instance in F ig. 5 which has an angular top part j and corresponding spring member 7c with corresponding frame below. These parts are gradually decreasing in width in .2o a downward direction in this modification.

In F ig. 6 oit' the drawing the top part Z of the tie is partly straight and partly slanting as shown and the spring member m and frame below is of corresponding shape.

y All the various applications of the present invention comprise a frame or shell upon which a piece of cloth is laid and a spring member oi' corresponding shape and the renewal of the piece of cloth is effected by placing on the frame a new piece of cloth and pressing down the spring member upon the frame which simple operation is effected in a moment.

I claim as my invention:

In a scarf or neck tie a flat frame of ornamental shape having a central top opening, a reduced inner portion and a slightly curved outer surface, a similarly shaped 0rnamental piece oi textile fabric thereon, curved neck-band strips, a wire spring secured thereto forming an inner downward hook adapted to be inserted in the opening oi' the flat frame, and an ornamental spring member with a continuous side iiange conforming to the shape of the edge of the flat frame and adapted to be gently pressed thereon for securing the fabric.

Signed at New York, il. Y., this th day of September, 1914.

DAVID ESSEX.

Vitnesses:

JOHN AMMANN, CHARLOTTE E. KIRCHNER.

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